Description
Introducing Poems Winter Spring Fall Poetry Activities: Emergent Reader Songs Music Videos – Seasonal Poems with Songs & Activities for Emergent Readers Looking for engaging poetry activities to enhance your kindergarten and first-grade literacy lessons? This comprehensive Poetry Unit is perfect for shared reading! Packed with thematic poems, emergent reader copies, and interactive activities, this resource offers fun, fluency-building lessons all year long.
Set to familiar tunes, these kid-friendly poems make it easy for students to sing along while practicing rhyming, rhythm, and foundational reading skills. Whether it’s winter, spring, or fall, there’s a poem for every season and celebration!
What’s Included?
This all-in-one resource provides everything you need to make poetry lessons fun and effective:
- Thematic Poems: Perfect for winter poems, fall poems, and more!
- Songs and Music Videos: MP3 and MP4 files with sing-along options.
- Emergent Reader Copies: Build confidence with student-friendly text.
- 5-Day Fluency Plan: Simplify your planning with ready-to-use lesson ideas.
- Interactive Activities: Includes pocket chart setups, Seesaw and Google Classroom files, and printable poetry notebooks.
- Phonics and Word Work: Reinforce skills with activities for rhyming, syllables, blends, and digraphs.
Poems for Every Season
This poetry bundle features seasonal themes and topics to keep your classroom engaged:
Fall & Halloween Poems
- “Higgiety, Piggiety, Pop!” (Farm-themed fun!)
- “Fire! Fire!” (Fire safety week.)
- “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” (Giggles guaranteed!)
- “5 Little Bats” (Learn about echolocation.)
Thanksgiving & Autumn Poems
- “Out in the Garden” (Raking leaves.)
- “I’m a Little Scarecrow” (Autumn fun!)
- “The Food Cheer” (Celebrating Thanksgiving favorites.)
- “Five Fat Turkeys” (Counting fun for Thanksgiving.)
Winter & Christmas Poems
- “Winter’s Here” (Hibernating animals.)
- “Little Ole Elf” (An elf checks the naughty and nice list!)
- “Reindeer Snack” (A treat for Santa’s reindeer.)
- “Gingerbread Man” (A classic with a twist.)
Spring, Earth Day, & End-of-Year Poems
- “Recycle” (Teach reduce, reuse, and recycle.)
- “Plant Song” (Celebrate plant life cycles.)
- “Splish! Splash!” (Rainy day fun.)
- “Summer Vacation” (Celebrate the end of the school year!)
Phonics and Word Work Activities
Each poem includes additional activities that align with common core standards, including:
- Rhyming practice
- Initial and ending sounds
- Syllables and word families
- Blends and digraphs
- Sentence building and comprehension
Why Teachers Love This Resource
- Time-Saving: The pre-planned 5-day fluency plan makes lesson prep a breeze.
- Flexible Formats: Use for pocket charts, interactive notebooks, or digital platforms like Seesaw.
- Engaging for Students: Poems are fun, interactive, and easy to remember!
- Year-Round Themes: Keep poetry fresh and exciting with seasonal content.
Why Poetry with Songs Works
Brain research shows that combining music, movement, and print activates multiple areas of the brain, improving student engagement and learning retention. These poetry activities will build fluency, phonemic awareness, and a lifelong love for reading!
What Teachers Are Saying
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Music, Poems, and Fluency Activities in One Resource!
“This poetry unit has everything I need for teaching poetry to emergent readers. My students love the familiar tunes, and the included MP3 files and music videos make singing the poems even more fun. The themes, like fall poems and Christmas poems, keep the lessons fresh, and the 5-day fluency plan helps me incorporate them into my daily routine with ease. The additional phonics activities are great for rhyming practice, word families, and even sentence building. I can’t recommend this enough!”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Best Poetry Activities for Kindergarten and First Grade!
“This is my favorite resource for poetry in kindergarten! The variety of seasonal poems, like the spring celebration poem and the adorable groundhog poem, keeps my students engaged. I also love the flexibility—whether I use the Seesaw files, pocket charts, or printables, this resource works perfectly. The phonics activities, like blends and digraphs, tie in seamlessly with the poems, making this a complete tool for teaching literacy. If you’re looking for poetry activities for kids, this is a must-have!”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Poem of the Week for Every Season!
“I love using this Poem of the Week Poetry Unit with my kindergarten and first-grade students. The winter poems, spring poems, and festive ones for holidays like Valentine’s Day are perfect for keeping students engaged all year long. The emergent reader copies are a great addition, and my kids love revisiting their favorites in their poetry notebooks. I also appreciate the focus on phonics skills, like rhyming and blends, which help reinforce our literacy lessons. It’s the ultimate resource for poetry in kindergarten!”
Get Started Today!
Transform your poetry lessons with Poems Winter Spring Fall Poetry Activities: Emergent Reader Songs Music Videos. Whether you’re teaching poetry in kindergarten, building fluency, or looking for fun, thematic poetry activities, this resource has everything you need.
Download now and bring the joy of poetry into your classroom!
Lindsey Kleinheksel (verified owner) –
Hi Deedee! I am super excited to use your poetry bundle in the fall. I already have Engaging Readers and Writing! I those two bundles printed and ready to use. I am trying to decide the best way to organize your poetry bundle. Are 3 ring binders the best?
Excited!!!
Deedee –
Hi there! Sorry I missed this earlier. I put all of my sentence strips on binder rings. Then I put them in a sentence strip storage box. I put all of the poetry resources (print black line masters resources are spirally bound in on bin.) They are labeled by month so they are easy to swap out. Does that help?